I confirm this is fixed in Oracle JDK. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fonts-unfonts-core in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/937200
Title: Fat fonts in Swing applications Status in “fonts-unfonts-core” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “openjdk-7” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Since I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 I noticed that the fonts in Java Swing applications use the bold font weight. This looks really ugly and takes up to much space. 1. lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch) Release: 12.04 2. apt-cache policy openjdk-7-jdk openjdk-7-jdk: Installiert: 7~b147-2.0-1ubuntu2 Kandidat: 7~b147-2.0-1ubuntu2 Versionstabelle: *** 7~b147-2.0-1ubuntu2 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3. Applications rendering with normal fonts 4. Applications rendering with bold fonts ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: openjdk-7-jdk 7~b147-2.0-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.92-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Feb 20 20:44:43 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) SourcePackage: openjdk-7 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-16 (3 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fonts-unfonts-core/+bug/937200/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp